"mesosphere" meaning in English

See mesosphere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-mesosphere.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mesosphere.wav Forms: mesospheres [plural]
Etymology: From meso- + -sphere. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|meso|sphere}} meso- + -sphere Head templates: {{en-noun}} mesosphere (plural mesospheres)
  1. (meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Atmosphere Translations (layer of the Earth's atmosphere): mesosfera [feminine] (Catalan), 中間層 /中间层 (zhōngjiāncéng) (Chinese Mandarin), mezosféra [feminine] (Czech), mesosfeer [masculine] (Dutch), mezosfero (Esperanto), mesosfääri (Finnish), mésosphère (French), mesosfera [feminine] (Galician), მეზოსფერო (mezospero) (Georgian), Mesosphäre [feminine] (German), μεσόσφαιρα (mesósfaira) [feminine] (Greek), miðhvolf [neuter] (Icelandic), mesosfera (Italian), 中間圏 (chūkanken) (alt: ちゅうかんけん) (Japanese), 중간권 (junggan'gwon) (alt: 中間圈) (Korean), mesosfera (Malay), mezosfera [feminine] (Polish), mesosfera (Portuguese), мезосфе́ра (mezosféra) [feminine] (Russian), mesosfera [feminine] (Spanish), mesosfär [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mesosphere-en-noun-noavr37Q Disambiguation of Atmosphere: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso-, English terms suffixed with -sphere, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sphere: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of "layer of the Earth's atmosphere": 56 44
  2. (geology) The part of the Earth's mantle below the asthenosphere and above the outer core. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-mesosphere-en-noun-bEs70SYw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso-, English terms suffixed with -sphere, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sphere: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Derived forms: mesospheric

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          "text": "The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.",
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        "(meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere."
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
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      "word": "mesosfera"
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      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "中間層 /中间层"
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      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
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      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "mezosfero"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "mesosfääri"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "mésosphère"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mesosfera"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mezospero",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "მეზოსფერო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Mesosphäre"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mesósfaira",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "μεσόσφαιρα"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "miðhvolf"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "mesosfera"
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    {
      "alt": "ちゅうかんけん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūkanken",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "中間圏"
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    {
      "alt": "中間圈",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "junggan'gwon",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "중간권"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "mesosfera"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mezosfera"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "word": "mesosfera"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mezosféra",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мезосфе́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mesosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "layer of the Earth's atmosphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mesosfär"
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}

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